How about on the day of El Clasico, making cheeky comments (banter & trolling) should be allowed! For example, if(when) Barca lose the match, we can go over to their chat and make a couple of cheeky comments!

Situation around the world is already tensed,with the whole situation with Ukraine,Russia and USA going at each other and things like that...do we really want to escalate this situation into the WW3 with El Clasico trolling? Because that's how you start a World War!

'Constantly break the site rules' I'll admit I have lost my cool in the past, but that's only because the new set of mods are way too sensitive. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that everything is alright with you CHELSEA61, because clearly there isn't. You are way too emotional ever since you became a mod. Maybe something is going on in your personal life or maybe you are drunk with power, but whatever the case maybe, keep it to yourself.

I never said I wanted to insult other users. I said, maybe a little banter should be allowed...notice the example I gave in my second post? Any besides, I wouldn't have to ask for this kinda thing if the mods would just relax a little bit. For God sakes man you spent a good part of 6 hours trying to convincing the Barca fans to stop fighting with the Madrid fans. Maybe you're not used to having a direct rival, being that you're a Chelsea fan and I have pants older than Chelsea's history, but thats what we do. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't, but I would never tell a Barça fan to stop calling Ronaldo 'Penaldo' I mean what's the point of football if everyone was everyone's friend and we all got along? I'll tell you what would happen, we would be as bored as watching car racing...

I miss the good old days when we had @St1or and @White argue for days on pointless topics. Now, if a Madrid fan even dares to post a comment on the Barca chat they get told to back off and take it to their own chat. While we're on the subject where is @Tony? He would never gang up on someone and would always reason with us. I still remember @TBS deleting a comment of mine and then not telling me. After I called him out, about a week later, he said 'I was busy' or some other lame excuse because me made several comments that same week...

I'm pretty sure you're going to call your other mod friends and gang up on me, find some reason to get under my skin and then force me to defend myself, which then you'll happily put me on either tag or status. Or maybe you'll call me Chelafan220 and try to expose me...hell you might just ban me for 'constantly breaking the site rules'

Bottom line, relax chelsea61. Stop trying to act all tough. You're not getting paid $60,000 a week for being a Footytube mod..and stop acting like you own this place. I had an idea and i thought I'd share it with my fellows Madrid fans.

When Modric will be back, he'll do his thing. If that's not enough, clearly there are other issues with your team. It's a coach's job to solve those puzzles. Besides, you're not playing as great as a few months ago, but you're still first. What else matters?

Well he's presence won't make things worst.that for sure. This midfield:

James---Modric---Kroos---Isco

was one of the best if not the best I've seen in a long time. Those 4 and Ronaldo in front of them gave us that unbeatable spirit that lead to a historic winning streak. If only Ancelotti would drop BBC and field a 4 man midfield with Lucas Sila fitting in for James until he's back. Ronaldo and Bale up front would be deadly with the support they would get from this kind of midfield.

Depends on for too Danny. If both Bale and Benzema are on there best and one of them has to sit down,then there is no doubt that Benzema will have to settle for the bench. Also Marcelo in Midfield with Coentrao behind him is an idea i was hoping to see in reality for some time now.

Well its clear their attack is connecting better than ours. Benzema and Bale (lets be honest, other than yesterday's match, Ronaldo has been pretty awful since the new year too) have looked nothing like the 'BBC' we are used too.

I keep telling myself Modric alone won't solve the problem, but he just might.

I agree with you Danny, it would give us more stability. We have individual talent, we are missing balance as of now.

Yesterday's game we struggled because of one reason. The midfield was overloaded. Villareal's winger and strikers dropped deep and made it too hard for any of the three midfielders to create something, hence the excessive crossing as a second resort.

At this point seeing how Modric isn't back, I'd drop Bale to a winger and specifically tell him his job is that of a midfielder.

i think its front 3...MSN are working really well together especially suarez..he is a clever player and knows how to play according to others strengths...
Coming to Madrid the front 3 are finding it hard to strike balance..one players always looks out of form...first it was Benzema, then Bale and Ronaldo followed by that..now Bale is at it again...there is no consistency imo..i am not sure how can Modric solve this problem...

Danny: Bale suffered at tottenham when they played him in midfield. He's the type of player who needs lots of space because his pace is his biggest asset. Apart from isco your entire midfield and forward line is out of form. I think James and modric's injury has hit you hard. I think the team just needs time to settle down and play dirty just to grind out wins until the confidence is back.

How can a coach have any confidence in his ENTIRE team if he doesn't field a formation that would benefit from the ENTIRE team being fielded at one time or another. He's bound to play the heralded BBC but right now that trio aren't performing as expected. What's painfully obvious that that trio benefitted from the play of Modric, James and Isco. Modric moreso than the others but right now it really doesn't make any sense continuing with this 433 formation without feeling the wrath of the Prez.

Right now with ALL this talk of we're behind the coach, we respect his decisions, we're going to do everything to win the last 2 titles up for grabs. Carlo needs to hold his hands up and honestly say I've made a mistake and we need more "balance". The only way to achieve such is to shelf the 433 formation and bench one of the BBC or play Bale as the extra midfielder.

Many are calling for this change to 442, the only thing is if Carlo's able to do so it would say that his 433 system at Madrid with our current lineup was a bump in the road after Modric's injury.

Let's see how good Carlo is now. He was on the sidelines when they made their feelings known and he obviously reads the news so let's see what he comes up with against A.Bilbao.

Let me first say that we won't win the La Liga. This team is too inconsistent, plus Carlo isn't a league winning coach. There is a problem with the team, We Real Madrid fans need to realize that Cristiano is no longer the Best player in the team. It's Isco ,and I think Ancelotti needs to understand that the left wing isn't bale's best position , it's either the middle or the right wing.

So 22 wins in a row represent inconsistency? Alos how did you come to that conclusions about Ronaldo after he was our best player yesterday? Also Bale always plays on the right,it's a rare occasion to see him on the left. Way to much negativity man,we are still top of the league and we have been there for some time now,and we have some core players coming back from injures in next weeks.

Ancelotti has won Serie A, English Premier League & Ligue 1 titles and is IMO. on his way to winning La Ligua. March 22 will decide it I think. Would you rather win CL or La Liga? Sometimes it comes down to where the focus is.

between matchday 13 and matchday 21 he played 29 minutes of football. his form was interrupted by a long injury layover and he hasnt recovered form since.

he has played 7 league games since he got back from injury and has 3 assists. not great but not horrible either. his form has been patchy but i think he will get his act together soon. he is just starting to get media flak because his hot start bought him some time, his injury bought him some time, but now he's more or less ran out of time in a way.

I was certain that our next match was against Schalke,but looks like Athletico comes first and than that one. Oh boy,that will be a tough one,away from home too. The bright side is Ronaldo's performance in the second half,he was all over the pitch,creating chances. Shame Assenjo had an even better game,or he would have walked out with a hat trick easy.

Guys the reality is, we played good today. We didn't stumble and we were not defeated. This was a tough game, Villarreal had a solid defense. Much like Athletico Madrid. Those teams they play with us smart, they have no problem defending because to them winning over Real Madrid is the top price, so they do whatever it takes to try to win against us. Even if it means they have to sit and defend from minute 5. Then that's what they do!!

Besides the point, we played exactly the way we've been playing the last seven games. SLow and predictable. We are actually getting good at passing the ball slow (not good), and this is what's hurting us right now. We need to move the ball fast, one-touch pass, basic stuff. With speed we become unpredictable. When we play slow like today, opposing players already got things covered. We are making it easy for them to defend against us. Ancelloti was right.